Yes you should wait until the mice are born.



And during the wait put him in a smaller box (a quarter size of the shoebox like the storage boxes I reccomended at wal mart or Target) and fill it with damp orchid moss (another thing you should pick up at the when egtting teh small storage box!) . This will give the snake the security of being "Jammed In" and it will hydrate properly.



We used to use the jammed in method with lots of finicky feeders as well. They don't eat until you provide some way for the snake to feel like it is in a underbround tunnle or crevice. Theis secure feeling will trigger a feeding response.



you have to remember that small tiny newborn neonates are very secretive and are fossorial. They don't like laying out in the open as a food sourse. that is a stress on them. They need to be squeezed inbetween something moist. Not just be in a dark closet. That is not enough! More importanty, they need to feel like they are in a tight moist spot . Once they start feeding on fuzzies then you can tranfer him into the shoebox. However, he may even slow down on feeding again. It is usual for problem feeders they get over their "security " issues when they start on full growm mice . then you can keep them in any size encloser. Of course not all Cal kings are like this. Just the stubborn ones.. like yours.





Use this small box with moss method and the time it will take for the baby pinkies to be born will give him a time to adjust and feel secure and hydrated in his new encloser..
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